[ATTENDED: April 28, 2022] Emily Wells
April 28th turned out to be a banner night of shows. There were four I was interested in seeing–three of those I was really interested in. It was very hard to choose especially since one of them was a show rescheduled to that night and I already had tickets to a different one.
I didn’t realize that I knew Emily Wells, but I had recalled her albums getting reviewed on NPR music. I particularly remembered them talking about her album This World Is Too _____ For You. And then just recently they had reviewed her new album Regards to the End and the song “All Burn No Bridge.”
Emily is a classically trained violinist, but she has morphed into a kind of electro-classical-pop singer. The songs are full of rage but are also quite delicate. She seems to thrive on tension.
Live, she was entertaining, but I was unprepared for how powerful her voice would be and how well it would play off the loops of synths and violins (and occasional percussion).
When I an Chang came out to play with her, he was quite restrained, but his additions lifted the song up even higher.
- I’m Numbers
- Come On Kiki
- Love Saves the Day
- All Burn, No Bridge
- Two Dogs Tethered Inside (with Ian Chang on drums)
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